Pressing and sealing mechanism.



Y E. E. FLORA.

PBBBSING AND SELLING MEGHANISM.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. Z0, 1908.

Patented July 6, 1909.

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B.E-.PL0RA. l PRESSING AND SEALIBTG:` MECHANISM.

APPLIUATION FILED APB.. 20, 1906. v 927,033. Patented July 6, 1909.

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E. E. FLORA. PBEssING AND 'SEALING MEGHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1906.l

Patented July 6, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1906. I

Patented July 6, 1909.

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Patented July 6, 1909;

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APPLICATION FILED APE. 20, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

ELLSWORTH E. FLORA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR. OF ONE-HALF TO OSCAR J. FRIED- MAN AND ONE-HALF TO CHARLES I-I. BOI'IANON, BOTH OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PRESSING AND SEALING MECHANISM.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLswoRTn E. FLORA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pressing and Sealing Mechanism, ol' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to pressing and sealing mechanism adapted for use in pressing and sealing packages of currency bills, or the like.

My primary object is to provide a simple and durable machine capable of pressing and sealing packages olicurrency bills for the purpose of storage or transportation, although it will be understood that the invention may be put to otherI analogous uses.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a press is employed having a movable member upon which is mounted sealing mechanism consisting of a magazine and a riveting or eyelet-applying device. The invention contemplates the use of tape for forming bands about the package to be sealed, the eyelets, or rivets, being employed to join the ends of each band. In the construction illustrated, the tape is wound upon a spool adapted to pass through suitable channels in the machine for the purpose of carrying the tape about the package.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my improved machine; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same; Fig. 2n, a broken transverse section taken as indicated at line 2 of Fig. 2; Fig. 8, a longitudinal vertical section taken as indicated at line 3 o1" Fig. 2 g Fig. 4, a broken side elevational view oiI an arm carried by the movable member of the press and upon which is mounted the eyelet-applying mechanism, inclu ding the eyelet magazine; Fig. 5, a iront elevational view of the same Figs. 6 and 7, horizontal sections taken as indicated at the lines 6 and 7 of Fig. 5; Fig. 8, a vertical section taken as indicated at line 8 of Fig. 5 Fig. 9, an enlarged broken section taken as indicated at line 9 of Fig. 8, being a section of the lower portion of the eyelet chute Fig. 10, a similar section showing one of the eyelets about to escape from the chute, the plunger of the eyelet-applying mechanism being shown in section 5 Fig. 11, a similar view showing the eyelet wholly out of en- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led April 20, 1906.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 312,848.

gagement with the chute, owing to withdrawal of the chute; Fig. 12, a broken seetional view illustrating the position of the parts preparatory to dropping the spool Vin the operation el" passing the tape about the compressed package, the dotted lines indicating the lirst position of the spool after dropping; Fig. 13, a similar view showing the spool in the position which it'occupies after carrying the tape beneath the package; Fig. 14, a somewhat similar view upon an enlarged scale showing the position ol the parts after the spool has been lilted from the position shown in Fig. 13 and carried over the package to complete the looping of the tape about the package, this view showing, also, the reduced end of the plunger oi the eyeletapplying mechanism entered in the eyelet about to be used; Fig. 1 5, a broken sectional view showing the position of the parts at the instant when insertion and clenching of the eyelet are completed; Fig. 16, a view similar to Fig. 14 and illustrating the manner of releasing the band formed about the package from the point on which the extremity of the tape is impaled preparatory to passing the tape about the package, as illustrated in Fig. 12; Fig. 1 7, a perspective view illustrating the parts of the spool or bobbin employed and the tape used in connection therewith; and Fig. 18, a perspective view showing a package pressed and sealed by the improved mechanism.

In the preferred construction, the machine comprises a press A having a movable member A1; eyelet-apiilying mechanism B carried by a pivoted and transversely shii'table arm B1 mounted on the movable member A1 ol the press; and a spool, or bobbin, C, provided with tape c used in tying the bales.

The stationary portion A of the press prelierably comprises a frame having base side members a al; bolts or cross-members a2 a connecting said side members at one end; a bolt a4 connecting` said side members at the other end; bottom siats 'for the body ol the press comprising side slats ai a and intermediate slats a7 a8, the intermediate slats being separated 'from each other by a longitudinal space a and from the outside slats by spaces alo; a pair of ratchet-bars a a12 set into recesses at the adjacent edges ot the slats a7 al", as shown in Fig. 2; side members am a i'or the body ol the press rising from the outer edges oil' the slats ai a,- intermediate members, preferably castings, (L15, carried by the cross rods (L2 a4 and supporting the inter mediate slats a7 a8, said members (L15 h aving upward extensions (1,1 at their front ends supporting vertical end slats (L17, forming a portion of the front of the body of the press; vertical end slats (1,12 su pportcd by upright extensions a1 on the side members (L (l1 of the base of the frame, the slats (L12 corresponding with the slats (L5 a of the bottom of the press; and run-ways (L22 beneath the slots (L2 (1,10 of the bottom of the press, said run-ways preflily sloping downwardly toward the front end of the press and having upwardly curved buffers (1,21 at their front ends for engaging and stopping the tape-carrying spool. The upper surface L22 of the bottom of the body of the press preferably slopes forwardly slightly, as shown in Fig. 3, to assist the packages of bills which are to be formed into a bale to stand until the member A1 of the press is brought into action to compress the bale. By referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the inner surfaces L23 of the vertical slats L12 are somewhat out of alinement with the inner surfaces (L22 of the intermediate vertical slats (L17, the purpose being to provide more space in the press for the intermediate portion of the bale than for the end portions thereof to accommodate bands of paper encircling the packages forming the components of the bale.

The movablemember A1 of the press comprises a slide L25 approximately filling the space between the side members (L12 (1.11 and resting upon the bottom slats of the press, said slide having a guide a2 on its lower side engaging the intermediate slats a7 es, as shown in Fig. 2, said slide having also a vertical front end (L22, the front end and the front portion of the bottom of the slide being provided with slots w22 bordered by vertical longitudinal ianges (1,22 oining` the corresponding portions of the end member @27; a transverse shaft L22 supported on thc slide, upon which the rear end of the arm B1 is pivoted and transversely slidable, a handle comprising a base iortion (131 supported on a pivot (L32 carried by the slide and a removable portion (1,23 fitted upon the base portion; a pair of pawls (1.21 carried by a pivot (L'25 on the portion e121," and a pair of pawls e3 supported on the pivot L32 and having at their upper ends shoulders (L27 adapted to engage shoulders @L32 on the base portion of the handle. The pawls L32 are adapted to simultaneously engage the teeth of the racks (L11 (1,12, the teeth of said racks being transversely alined, as shown in Fig. 2. The engaging points of the pawls a2 are separated y a. half space, so that one of the pawls will always be in readiness to engage a rack tooth. When the handle is sawing upwardly, the pawls L31 make engagement with fresh teeth of the racks, and when the handle is swung downwardly the movable member, or platen, of the press is actuated, the pawls CL3 serving to prevent retrograde movement of the platen when the handle is again elevated to take a fresh hold upon the racks, The details of construction of the handle are unimportant, except that it is desirable to have the upper portion of the handle removable, to prevent unauthorized use of the press. Accordingly, the upper portion (L22 of the handle is equipped with lugs (L22 which receive between them the u per portion of the base (L21 of the handle, tllie connection being made by means of a removable bolt am. The slide (L25 is equipped with downwardly and forwardly curved members (L41 which project into the run-ways (L20 and afford, virtually, curved bottoms for the slots (L2S of the slide, so that when a spool is dropped through one of the slots (L2S it will roll into the run-way beneath, regardless of the position of the follower of the press. rThe flanges (L22 on'the upper side of the slide, together with fianges L12 form chambers L12 on the upper side of the slide, in any one of which the spool may rest for convenience.

The eyelet-applying mechanism, o1' rivetapplying mechanism, B comprises aplunger 6 vertically movable in a bushing 61received by a tubular head 62 with which the arm B1 is provided; a lever 63 supported on a pivot 61 carried by lugs 62' projecting forwardly from the head 62, said lever having` a cam 6G bearing upon the upper end of the plunger 6 and having also a cam 67 adapted to actuate a movable chute with which the magazine is provided; a revoluble magazine 68 mounted on a stud 69 rising from the upper end of the bushing 61,' an eylet-chute 610 supported at its upper portion on a pivot 611 carried by the upper end of the bushing 61,' a spring 612 joining the chute to the adjacent portion of the lever 62,' a cam 613 connected with the chute and co-acting with the cam 67 of the lever 63,' a laterally projecting anvil 61 carried by the lower end of the bushing 61 and equipped with a die 615 and with a forwardly directed upwardly turned point, or prong, 61i serving to engage the free end of the tape 5 a lever 617 supported on a pivot 612 carried by the head 62 and having a perforate end fitting over the point of the prong 61, said lever being normally held in engagement with said prong by a spring 612 and having its upper end equipped with a thumb-piece 620,' a tapesevering knife 621 adjustably connected by a screw 622 and a disk 622 to the arm B1 adjacent to its head; and a spring 624 confined within the barrel, or bushing, 61 between a shoulder' 622 therein and a head 62" on the upper end of the plunger 6. The bushing 61 is firmly secured within the tubular head 62 of the arm B1, and the bushing and head are provided with a slot 627 for the lever 63 to work in. The stud 62 is formed with a base portion 62s which fits rigidly within the upper portion of Cir the bushing 51 and has a slet 529 correspond ing with the slot 527. The base portion 523 has formed integrally with it a flange 530 which bears upon the upper end of the bushing. The magazine 5S comprises a sleeve which rests upon the flange 53 and is provided, as shown in Fig. 7, with a series of depressions, or sockets, 531 adapted to engage a lug 532 on the upper surface of the flange 53. The magazine is confined between the flange 53o and a spring 533 housed by a nut 534 applied to the upper end of the stud 5". The magazine is of angular crosssection, as shown in Fig. 7', and'has a pluu rality of longitudinal T-slots 535 adapted to be loaded with eyelets 53, of the form shown in Fig. 8. The magasine can be lifted out of engagement with the lug 532 and rotated upon its axis to bring any one of its series of slots 533 into alinement with the upper end of the chute 51. rThe flange 533 is cut away at the point 532, as indicated in Figs. 6 and 9, to afford a passage from the lower end of the slot 53" which chances to be in use to the upper end of the chute 51". The lower end of the plunger 5 is of reduced cross-section, as shown at 533, to permit it to enter an eyelet; and at the upper end of the reduced section is an annular shoulder 533 adapted to bear upon the upper surface of the eyelet in the clenching operation. The chute 530 is bowed forwardly to pass the head of the lever 53, and the lower end of the chute is adapted to enter a slot 54 in the lower end of the sleeve 51 (which projects below the head 52 of the arm B1) so as to present an eyelet beneath the plunger and above the die 515, as shown in Fig. 8. The lower extremity of the chute is equipped laterally with a spring 541 having an inturned end 542, serving to retain the eyelets, as illustrated in Fig. 9. 'lhc chute is equipped near its lower end with a guide member 513 which moves upon a guide-pin 544 projecting from the front side of the lower portion of the head 52 of the arm B1.

The spool, or bobbin, C comprises, as shown in Fig. 17 a disk cl equipped on its inner side with a stud c2 having a threaded extremity upon which is screwed a removable disk c3. The stud c2 forms the core upon which the tape c is wound. The tape may have printed upon it at intervals the name of the user, for instance, X Y National Bank.

ln Fig. 1 8 is illustrated a bale D of money packages d, each package having a central paper band d about it. The bale is secured by bands c4 formed of the tape c, the end portions of each. band being oined by rivets, or eyelets, 533.

ln Fig. 1, the side cl3 of the body of the press is shown provided with a scale f, which is useful for indicating the degree of compression of the bale, as is evident.

The manner of using the improved machine will be readily understood. In Fig. 3, the position of the platen, or follower, of the press is that which it occupies after the compression of the bale. rlhe follower may be retracted, however, by lifting the handle w33, when the shoulder w33 on the base of the handle will encounter the shoulders @37 of the pawls a3 and lift the pawls free from the racks, said pawls serving, upon further movement, to lift the awls L34 free from the racks, after which the follower of the press may be retracted. Preparatory to this movement, the arm B1 may be swung upwardly about its pivot to disengage it from the bale. The arm is capable of swinging rearwardly to a position with the lever 53 resting upon the bottom of the press. When in this position, the packages of currency may be placed in the press, after which the handle (H3 may be operated to compress the packages into a compact bale, after which the arm B1 may be swung to the position which it occupies in Fig. 12. The free end of the tape c may then be pressed over the point 53 and the spool allowed to drop to the dotted position shown in Fig. 12, whence it will roll to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1.3, assuming the arm B1 to have been initially located above one of the run-ways a2. The spool may then be lifted and carried up in front of and over the bale to the position shown in Fig. 14, thereby completing the loop or band c4, it being observed that both ends of the band pass over the anvil 514 and beneath the eyelet which is in readiness for use. Upon depression of the lever 53 to the position shown in Fig. 15, the plunger 5 is depressed, its lower reduced end entering the eyelet, as shown in Fig. 14, and then piercing the ends of the band. During this movement, also, the cam 57 encounters the cam 513 of the movable chute 51", forcing the lower end of the chute forwardly, while the eyelet impaled on the lower end of the plunger is held thereby and extracted from the chute, as illustrated in Figs. 9 to 11. During the final downward movement of the lever 53 the small end of the eyelet is forced through the opening produced by the lower end of the plunger in the end portions of the band, and the eyelet is split upon the anvil and flanged at its lower end, as clearly appears from Fig. 15. It is to be observed that the die 51" has a central perforation for receiving the reduced end of the plunger, and is made conical and dished at its upper portion to spread the lower end of the eyelet and Yeffect a secure clenching of the same. After the completion of the eyelet-applying operation, the tape may be severed on the knife 521. The eyelet-applying mechanism may then be shifted laterally upon the shaft c3 to bring it to a position aboveanother runway (L20, when the operation may be repeated. Three runways are shown, one occupying a central longitudinal plane, so that three bands may be applied to a bale by the use of the machine illustrated. (')f course, provision may be made for applying any number' of bands.

l have described my invention in detail for clear'ness of understanding, and no undue limitation is to be understood.

The featur'e of slotting the bottom and end of the body of the press and the follower' of the press to enable the tape to be passed about the bale in the manner indicated is one of great importance. Likewise, the feature of pr'oviding a laterally slriftable staple-applying device is of importance; and it is regarded as a feature of consider'able advantage to mount the eyelet-applying device on the follower of the press. As indicated, however', the details of construction of a maclrine of this ch aracter' may vary gr'eatly.

that l regard as new, and desir'e to secrrre by Letters Patent, ish

l. The combination with a press adapted to compress a package, said press being pr'ovided with a runway, of a tape-carrying spool adapted to move in said runway, and means for joining the tape in a band about the package.

2. The combination of a press having a body provided with a slotted bottom and a slotted end, a slotted follower for the press, a spool adapted to move through the slots of the press, and means for' joining tape in a band encircling the package.

3. The combination of a press havin ga slidable follower provided with a passage, a tape-carrying spool adapted to pass through said passage, and tape-secrrring mechanism mounted on said follower'.

4l. The combination of a press having a slidable follower and provided with a plurality of passages for' tape, and laterally shiftable tape-securing mechanism mounted on the follower.

5, The combination of a press having a slidable follower and provided with a plur'ality of passages for tape, and pivotally supported laterally adjustable tape securing mechanism mounted on the follower.

6. The combination with a pr'ess, of rivetapplying mechanism having a laterally presented anvil and a movable die eo-acting with said anvil.

7. The combination with a press, of bandsecuring mechanism having a laterally presented anvil, a movable die co--acting with said anvil, and a magazine co-acting/therewith. i

S. The combination with a press, of bandsecuring mechanism having a laterally presented anvil, a movable die co-acting with said anvil, and a magazine having a movable chute co-acting therewith.

9. The combination with a press, of means for' passing a tape about a package located in the press, band-securing mechanism having a laterally presented anvil, and a movable die cro-acting with said anvil.

l0. The combination with a press, of means for passing a tape about a package located in the press, band-securing mechanism having a laterally presented anvil, a movable die eo-acting with said anvil, and a magazine co-acting therewith.

1l. The combination with a press, of means for passing a tape about a package located in the press, band-secrrring mechanism having a laterally presented anvil, a movable die co-acting with said anvil, and a magazine having a movable chute co-acting therewith.

l2. The combination with a press, of bandsecuring mechanism comprising an anvil, a plunger having a reduced end, and an eyelet magazine having a chute co-acting with said plunger.

1S. The combination with a press, of bandsecur'ing mechanism comprising an anvil, a plunger co-acting therewith, eyelet-applying mechanism having a movable chute, and a plunger-actuating lever with means for r'etracting said chute.

14. The combination with a press, of bandsecuring mechanism comprising a pivoted arm, an anvil carried thereby, a plunger coacting with said anvil, a magazine mounted on said ar'm and equipped with a movable chute, and a plunger-actuating lever equipped with means for retracting` tbe chute.

15. The combination with a press, of bandapplying mechanism comprising an anvil, a tape-impaling device adjacent to the anvil, and a plunger co-aeting with the anvil.

16. The combination with a press, of tapeapplying mechanism comprising an anvil, a tape-impaling device adjacent to the anvil, means for passing tape about a package in the press, a plunger ce-acting with the anvil, a plunger-actuating lever, and means for feeding eyelets into the path of the plunger'.

17. The combination with a press, of tapeapplying mechanism comprising an anvil, a tape-impaling device adjacent to the anvil, a plunger co-acting with the anvil, a plungeractuating lever, a magazine having a movable chute serving to feed eyelets to the path of the plunger, and means actuated by said lever for retracting the chute.

18. The combination with a press, of bandapplying mechanism comprising an anvil, band-holding means adjacent to the anvil, a plunger' having a reduced lower' end, an eyelet magazine having a movable chute extending to a point beneath the plunger' and adapted to feed eyelets into the path of the plunger', and means for actuating the plunger and retracting said chute.

1). The combination with a press having channels for passing bands about a package within the press, of band-securing mechanism comprising an anvil, band-holding means adjacent to the anvil, a plunger' co-acting with the anvil and having a reduced lower end, a magazine having a movable chute with its lower end projecting into the path of the plunger, and plunger-actuating and ohute-retracting means.

20. The combination with a press and means for passing a band about Va package within the press, of an adjustable arm equipped with an anvil, a plunger carried by said arm and co-acting with said anvil, a revoluble magazine mounted on said arm and equipped with a plurality of channels for eyelets, a movable chute co-acting with said magazine and extending into the path of the plunger-,and means for actuating said plunger and retracting said chute.

21. The combination with a press, of a pivoted arm equipped with an anvil, a plunger, a pivoted chute, plunger-actuating and chuteretracting means, and a magazine having a plurality of chambers and movable to bring its several chambers successively into registration with said chute.

22. The combination of a press having a body with a stationary end, a follower movable longitudinally in said body, follower actuating means, and a laterally adjustable pivotally supported arm mounted on said follower and equipped with band-securing mechanism.

23. The combination of a press having a slotted bottom and slotted end, a follower movable in said press, actuating means for the follower, and a laterally adjustable pivotally supported arm mounted on said follower and equipped with means for securing the ends of bands together.

24. The combination of a press having a bottom and end provided with slots, a run way beneath said slots, a follower having a passage therethrough for aspool and equipped with means for conducting the spool into the runway, regardless of the position of the follower, and band-securing mechanism.

25. The combination of a press having a plurality of longitudinal slots in its bottom and a plurality of slots in its end, a plurality of runways beneath said slots, a follower for the press having a plurality of passages and depending members coacting with said runways, and band-securing means, for the purpose set forth.

26. The combination with a press having a passage for a band, of band-securing mechanism comprising an anvil, an impaling point adjacent to the anvil, a plunger co-acting with the anvil, and a device for raising the band from the impaling point after the ends of the band have been secured together.

27. The combination with a press having a passage for a band, of band-securing mechanism comprising an anvil, an impaling point adjacent to the anvil, a plunger co-acting with the anvil, and a band-raising lever having an end co-acting with the impaling oint and adapted to bear beneath the band, w 1ereby the band may be freed. from the impaling point, for the purpose set forth.

28. The combination with a press, of a lat erally adjustable pivotally supported arm, an anvil carried thereby, a tape-severing knife adjacent to said anvil, an impaling point adjacent to and on the other side of said anvil, and a plunger co-acting with said anvil.

29. The combination with a press of a pivotally supported arm, an anvil carried thereby, a plunger reciprocable above the anvil, a plunger-actuating lever having a handle-pon tion extending rearwardly over the arm, pivotal connection between said lever and the extremity of said arm, a pivoted eyelet chute, a cam on the extremity of said lever for retracting the chute, and a magazine mounted on said arm and co-acting with the eyelet chute.

30. A press comprising bottom slats and end slats, reinforcing members for the end slats, a follower movable longitudinally in the press, and actuating means for the follower, in combination with an adjustable arm equipped with band-securing means, for the purpose set forth.

31. A press for the purpose set forth, comprising a body having a bottom and end provided with a plurality of slots, a plurality of forwardly declining runways beneath said slots, and a follower for the press having a plurality of slots with means projecting beneath the same to points above said runways, whereby a spool may be dropped through the slots of the follower into the runways.

ELLSWORTH E. FLORA.

In presence of- M. S. MAOKENZIE, J. H. LANDES. 

